Alarm Clock

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Summary:

A repeating alarm clock where the time between rings may be set from about 3 to 8 minutes.

Patent Dates

Application Date:

1938-06-17

Issue Date:

1940-10-01

Patent Numbers

Patent Number:

2216523

Serial Number:

214204

Alarm Clock. The Alarm Shutoff Knob Has 3 Positions. The Outward Position Is The "permanent Shutoff." The Middle Position Is To Set The Alarm To Ring. Pushing The Knob To The Inward Position Activates The Repeat (or Snooze In Modern Terminology) And Stops The Alarm For The Predetermined Time. The Shutoff Knob Returns To The Middle Position.

Description:

The alarm shutoff knob has 3 positions. The outward position is the "permanent shutoff." The middle position is to set the alarm to ring. Pushing the knob to the inward position activates the repeat (or snooze in modern terminology) and stops the alarm for the predetermined time. The shutoff knob returns to the middle position.

Inventor Information:

Max Schlenker, Peru, Ill., assignor to General Time Instruments Corporation, New York, N, Y,, a corporation of Delaware.

Patent Type:

Utility

Patent Country:

United States

Patent Category:

Alarm Mechanism for a Clock

Assignee:

General Time Instruments Corporation

Inventor:

Schlenker, Max

Patent URLs:

U.S. Patent Database; Google Patents

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